The heaviest snow totals in Oakland County were in Northville, just north of Plymouth, Mich., pictured above, where nearly nine inches fell on Friday, Feb. 9, 2018. Metro Detroit has already surpassed last year's winter season snow total of 37.9 inches with 52.5 inches, according to the National Weather Service. (Mark Cavitt/The Oakland Press)

The Road Commission of Oakland County had a difficult time keeping up with all the snow that fell this past weekend, with some county communities receiving upwards of nine inches on Friday, Feb. 9, 2018. At one point, 106 road commission salt trucks were clearing snow. (Oakland Press file)

For some, it seems like the snow never stopped over the weekend.

You can include the Road Commission for Oakland County in that group. The commission had up to 106 salt trucks on the road at one time to keep up with the snowstorm that struck Friday and the subsequent snowfall Saturday and Sunday morning.

Craig Bryson, spokesperson for the road commission, said the hardest hit spots in the county, were, well, “the entire county.” He said the commission tried to keep 106 salt trucks on the roads as much as possible dependent on the number of staff.

“It was bad everywhere, said Bryson. “The exact amount of snowfall is not relevant to us. We are going to the same thing regardless of whether there is 7 or 8 inches of snow.”

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In addition to the salt trucks hitting the main roads, the commission sent out 18 pick-up trucks to take care of the subdivisions. Private contractors helped with the back roads and subdivisions.

Bryson said the biggest challenge was the sheer volume of snow that fell Friday, followed by the additional snowfalls on Saturday and Sunday.

“By the time we got things sort of cleaned up after Friday, everything was covered over again on Saturday and we essentially had to start all over again,” said Bryson. “Ditto for Sunday.”

Lt. Mike Shaw, with The Michigan State Police, said MSP handled 110 traffic crashes in the county Friday through Sunday but said none were caused by the weather. He said the biggest challenges were drivers not moving over for crash scenes, tailgating and distracted drivers.

Bryson said road commission workers have been working a “massive amount of overtime”, not including this past weekend between snow removal and pothole filling. He added workers are “just plain tried and worn out.”